WORLD (PT)

NOTE: When the Idaho Legislature is in session, programming on the Learn/Create and World channels may be pre-empted for live coverage from the House and Senate floors.

11:00 am

Pacific Heartbeat"Keola Beamer: Malama Ko Aloha (Keep Your Love)"
"The idea of Aloha is Hawai'i's greatest gift to the world. But a lot of people don't know what it is, or how to find it, or how to discover it in our own hearts." These words, spoken by legendary Hawaiian composer and musician Keola Beamer, provide insight to the multi-cultural musical collaboration featured in Keola Beamer: Malama Ko Aloha (Keep Your Love). D

12:00 pm

Global Voices"Iron Ladies of Liberia"
With unprecedented access, this intimate documentary goes behind the scenes with Africa's first freely elected female head of state, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, president of Liberia. The film explores the challenges facing the new president and the extraordinary women surrounding her as they develop and implement policy to rebuild their ravaged country and prevent a descent back into civil war. An INDEPENDENT LENS selection. D

1:00 pm

NHK World Special"TOMORROW BEYOND 3/11 Special: Bob James Puts Hearts Together"
TOMORROW BEYOND 3/11 is a new documentary series of occasional specials from NHK WORLD TV, starting in April 2012. Each program focuses on Japan as it embarks on the long road to reconstruction, following the March 11 disaster of last year. In each special, musicians, actors, designers, scholars and other prominent people from overseas are invited to Japan to share their observations of the country in its post-disaster period. D

2:00 pm

Seabiscuit: American Experience
Imperfect in conformation and appearance but a perfect runner, Seabiscuit gives Americans something to cheer about during the Great Depression. This documentary based on Laura Hillenbrand's book, follows the thoroughbred's wealthy owner, his silent and stubborn trainer, and two hard-bitten, gifted jockeys who ride him to glory. The paths that bring these men together and Seabiscuit's career illuminate the precarious economic times.G

3:00 pm

The Reconstruction of Asa Carter
THE RECONSTRUCTION OF ASA CARTER explores the life and legacy of the best-selling novelist of The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales (republished in 1975 as Gone to Texas) and The Education of Little Tree (1976). Billed as an autobiographical story about an orphaned Native American boy, The Education of Little Tree was later revealed as a complete fabrication. The author: notorious white supremacist and Ku Klux Klan leader Asa Earl Carter (under the name Forrest Carter), the writer responsible for George Wallace's infamous 1963 "Segregation now! Segregation forever!" speech. D

4:00 pm

Earth Days: American Experience
The story of modern environmentalism is told through the eyes of nine Americans who propelled the movement from the 1950s to 1970 and beyond. Rapid population growth, industrial pollution, agricultural runoff, human waste and pesticides degrade water, land and air, endangering food and health. The growing national concern about the environment brings 20 million Americans out for Earth Day activities on April 22, 1970.G

6:00 pm

Pacific Heartbeat"Keola Beamer: Malama Ko Aloha (Keep Your Love)"
"The idea of Aloha is Hawai'i's greatest gift to the world. But a lot of people don't know what it is, or how to find it, or how to discover it in our own hearts." These words, spoken by legendary Hawaiian composer and musician Keola Beamer, provide insight to the multi-cultural musical collaboration featured in Keola Beamer: Malama Ko Aloha (Keep Your Love). D

7:00 pm

Global Voices"Iron Ladies of Liberia"
With unprecedented access, this intimate documentary goes behind the scenes with Africa's first freely elected female head of state, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, president of Liberia. The film explores the challenges facing the new president and the extraordinary women surrounding her as they develop and implement policy to rebuild their ravaged country and prevent a descent back into civil war. An INDEPENDENT LENS selection. D

8:00 pm

Outdoor Idaho"Cycling Idaho"
Whether you prefer the open road or steep mountains, Idaho is a bicyclist's paradise. We'll take you on some scenic bike trips around the state, from the Teton Valley in eastern Idaho, to the Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes in northern Idaho's Silver Valley, to epic mountain biking in the Boulder Mountains of central Idaho.G

8:30 pm

Dialogue"Robert Wittman - Priceless"
The Times of London calls Robert Wittman "the most famous art detective in the world." This week on Dialogue, Host Joan Cartan-Hansen talks with Robert Wittman, founder of the FBI's Art Recovery Team. Wittman recounts stories from his memoir, Priceless: How I went Undercover to Rescue the World's Stolen Treasures and discusses what viewers can do to help protect their own art.G

9:00 pm

Pacific Heartbeat"Keola Beamer: Malama Ko Aloha (Keep Your Love)"
"The idea of Aloha is Hawai'i's greatest gift to the world. But a lot of people don't know what it is, or how to find it, or how to discover it in our own hearts." These words, spoken by legendary Hawaiian composer and musician Keola Beamer, provide insight to the multi-cultural musical collaboration featured in Keola Beamer: Malama Ko Aloha (Keep Your Love). D

10:00 pm

Global Voices"Iron Ladies of Liberia"
With unprecedented access, this intimate documentary goes behind the scenes with Africa's first freely elected female head of state, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, president of Liberia. The film explores the challenges facing the new president and the extraordinary women surrounding her as they develop and implement policy to rebuild their ravaged country and prevent a descent back into civil war. An INDEPENDENT LENS selection. D

11:00 pm

NHK World Special"TOMORROW BEYOND 3/11 Special: Bob James Puts Hearts Together"
TOMORROW BEYOND 3/11 is a new documentary series of occasional specials from NHK WORLD TV, starting in April 2012. Each program focuses on Japan as it embarks on the long road to reconstruction, following the March 11 disaster of last year. In each special, musicians, actors, designers, scholars and other prominent people from overseas are invited to Japan to share their observations of the country in its post-disaster period. D